 | It has been suggested that Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since June 2024. |
 Branch of Government of India | |
.png) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 1952; 72 years ago (1952) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi |
| Annual budget | ₹76,432 crore (US$9.2 billion) (2023-24 est) |
| Ministers responsible | |
| Ministry executive |
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| Website | mohua |
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is a ministry of the Government of India with executive authority over the formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to the housing and urban development in India. The ministry was under the charge of Venkaiah Naidu and was given to Hardeep Singh Puri when Naidu was elected Vice President of India. The Ministry became independent from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in 2004, but was later re-merged with it in 2017.
The ministry also published the National City Rating, which ranked the cleanest cities in India, under which Indore was rated as the cleanest.
The ministry announced Smart Cities in India on 27 August 2015.
In July 2019, the ministry released specifications for Metrolite transport system - a cheaper, smaller and slower metro system.
This ministry is the Cadre Controlling Authority (CCA) of the three cadres in CPWD:
1) Central Architects Services (CAS)
2) Central Engineering Services (CES)
3) Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Services (CEMES)
These are Group A Civil Services.
Organisation
Attached Offices
- Central Public Works Department (CPWD)
- Directorate of Estates
- Directorate of Printing
- Land & Development Office
Subordinate Offices
- Town & Country Planning Organisation
- Stationery Office
- Department of Publication
Statutory Bodies
- Delhi Urban Arts Commission
- National Capital Region Planning Board
- National Institute of Urban Affairs
- Rajghat Samadhi Committee
- Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
Central Public Sector Undertakings
- NBCC (India) Limited
- Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited
- Hindustan Prefab Limited
- National Capital Region Transport Corporation
- Urban Mass Transit Company (UMTC)
Schemes
- Smart Cities Mission
- HRIDAY
- AMRUT
- Urban Transport
- Swachh Bharat Mission
- Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)
- PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi)
Joint ventures
- Delhi Metro
- Chennai Metro
- Kolkata Metro
- Bangalore Metro
- Rapid Metro Gurgaon
- Jaipur Metro
- Mumbai Metro
- Lucknow Metro
- Kochi Metro
- Noida Metro
- Navi Mumbai Metro
- Mumbai Monorail
- Nagpur Metro
See also
References
- "Demand for Grants 2020-21 Analysis : Housing and Urban Affairs".
- National Portal of India : Government : Who's Who
- The Ministry Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
- K Dash, Dipak (8 July 2017). "MoHUA is the new name for urban development & housing ministry". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- "Swachh Survekshan 2017 Report (ref page 7)" (PDF).
- MoHUA (20 July 2019). "Standard Specifications of Light Urban Rail Transit System "METROLITE"" (PDF). mohua.gov.in. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- Govt of India. "CPWD, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs" (PDF).
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